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98
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73
Critics' score based on 18 reviews.
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Has maturity and emotional depth: There are no cheap shots, nothing is thrown in for effect, realism is placed ahead of easy dramatic payoffs, and the audience grows deeply involved.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

Flows in a way that seems effortless, following its own path, arriving at its own place. Only after the movie is over are the outlines of its story apparent. I found it impossible to outguess it. [12 July 1991]Full Review

Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle

The film's strength is that it sustains an intimate and realistic tone. Mr. Fishburne, who is called upon to deliver several lectures, manages to do so with enormous dignity and grace, and makes Furious a compelling role model, someone on whom the whole film easily pivots.Full Review

Elvis Mitchell
The New York Times

In a watershed year for black filmmakers, Singleton has made the punchiest feature debut in recent memory. Those who complain that Lee's characters tangle up his plots will savor Singleton's flawlessly crafted edges. [12 July 1991]Full Review

Mike Clark
USA Today

Ultra socially responsible, sometimes to the point of playing like a laundry list of difficulties faced specifically by the urban black community.Full Review

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